From cutting-edge discoveries to impactful innovations, engage in thought-provoking discussions about the impact of research and learn about the diverse range of interdisciplinary research happening right here at Temple University.  

Expect to hear insights and successes from CAT awardees as well as challenges faced and lessons learned.

The symposium welcomes all faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and research staff. You are encouraged to bring your undergraduate class to participate in the program, but please note that the mixer will serve alcohol and is not open to undergraduates. All attendees must register.

View the program below.

Session Time

Topic & Speakers

 

11-11:10 a.m.

Opening Remarks

 

11:10-11:40 a.m.

AI/Machine Learning Lightning Talks

 

11:40-11:50 p.m.

Introduction to I-SPARK

 
11:50-12:00 p.m.

Remarks from President John A. Fry

 

12:00-12:30 p.m.

COVID-19 Lightning Talks

 

12:30-1:30 p.m.

Lunch Poster Session

 

1:30-2:00 p.m.

Cancer Lightning Talks

 

2:00-2:30 p.m.

Rules of Life Lightning Talks

 

2:30-2:45 p.m.

Coffee Break Poster Session

 

2:45-3:15 p.m.

Rules of Life & Frontiers of Science Lightning Talks

 

3:15-3:45 p.m.

Sustainability Lightning Talks

 

3:45-4:00 p.m.

Coffee Break Poster Session

 

4:00 -5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Keynote Speakers

 

5:00-7:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Mixer

 

View Research Symposium Detailed Program (With Speakers & Moderators)

Session Time

Topic & Speakers

11-11:10 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Josh Gladden, PhD, Vice President for Research (OVPR)

11:10-11:40 a.m.

AI/Machine Learning Lightning Talks

  • RoboSNAP: Robot Social Navigation Among Pedestrians
    • Philip Dames, PhD (COE); Donald Hantula, PhD (CLA); Slobodan Vucetic, PhD (CST)
  • R2P3: Reading Between the Lines Across Thousands of Social and News Media Streams to Predict Events
    • Zoran Obradovic, PhD (CST) Edoardo Airoldi, PhD (Fox); Eduard Dragut, PhD (CST); Edward Fink, PhD (Klein)
  • Building an Intelligent Alzheimer's Disease Support System Based on Integrated Multimodal Data
    • Huanmei Wu, PhD (CPH); Bari Dzomba, PhD (CPH); Hongchang Gao, PhD (CST); Domenico Pratico, MD (LKSOM); Mindy Shi, PhD (CST); Richard Souvenir, DSc (CST) 

Moderator: Geoff Wright, PhD (CPH)

11:40-11:50 a.m.

Introduction to I-SPARK

Josh Gladden, PhD, Vice President for Research (OVPR)

11:50-12:00 p.m.

Greetings & Remarks

President John A. Fry

12:00-12:30 p.m.

COVID-19 Lightning Talks

  • Using Innovative Methods to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Philadelphia Adults: Leveraging Community Connections
    • Sarah Bass, PhD (CPH); Whitney Cabey, MD (LKSOM); Heather Gardiner, PhD (CPH)
  • Developing a Rapid, Accurate, and Low Complexity PCR Platform for Diagnosing COVID-19 and other Respiratory Diseases at Frontline Health Care Facilities
    • Glenn Gerhard, PhD (LKSOM); Hai-Lung Dai, PhD (CST)
  • Risk, Experiences, and Responses to COVID-19 for At-Risk Groups
    • Philip McCallion, PhD (CPH); Kathryn Burke (CEHD), Lisa Ferretti, PhD (CPH); Sally Gould-Taylor, PhD (CEHD) 

Moderator: Peter Marshall, PhD (CLA)

12:30-1:30 p.m.

Lunch Poster Session

1:30-2:00 p.m.

Cancer Lightning Talks

  • Automatic Interpretation of Digital Pathology Images Using Deep Learning
    • Iyad Obeid, PhD (COE); Denise Connolly, PhD (FCCC); Eduard Dragut, PhD (CST); Yuri Persidsky, MD (LKSOM)
  • Small Molecules to Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Nsp5 Proteolytic Functions
    • Bassel Sawaya, PhD (LKSOM); Wayne Childers, PhD (Pharm)

Moderator: Shohreh Amini, PhD (CST)

2:00-2:30 p.m.

Rules of Life Lightning Talks

  • Delineating Cell-Specific Translational Signatures of Early Life Stress in Reward-Related Neural Networks
    • Matthieu Wimmer, PhD (CLA); Debra Bangasser, PhD (CLA); Eric Ross, PhD (FCCC); Yan Zhou, PhD (FCCC)
  • Modeling Movement through Heterologous Biofilm Structures for Improved Antibiotic Delivery
    • Cagla Tukel, PhD (LKSOM); Bettina Buttaro, PhD (LKSOM); Gillian Quiesser, PhD (CST); Joseph Picone (COE)
  • Stapled Peptide Probes for Interrogation of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (PTPs)-Mediated Neuron Growth Inhibition
    • Ross Wang, PhD (CST); Michel Lemay, PhD (COE); Shuxin Li, MD, PhD (LKSOM)

Moderator: Jason Chein, PhD (CLA)

2:30-2:45 p.m.

Coffee Break Poster Session

2:45-3:15 p.m.

Rules of Life & Frontiers of Science Lightning Talks

  • Centenarian Species Genome Project
    • Glenn Gerhard, PhD (LKSOM); Sudhir Kumar, PhD (CST)
  • Temple Center for Epistemic Security: Preserving a Democratic Society's Epistemic Security
    • Edmund Dragut, PhD (CST); David Nickerson, PhD (CLA);Meghnaa Tallaragada, PhD (Klein); Bruce Hardy, PhD (Klein); Slobodan Vucetic, PhD (CST)
  • Temple Center for Research on Energy Materials
    • Maria Iavarone, PhD (CST); Dan Strongin, PhD (CST); John Perdew, PhD (CST); Fei Ren, PhD (CST); Adrienn Ruzinsky, PhD (CST); Meghnaa Tallaragada, PhD (Klein);  Bruce Hardy, PhD (Klein); Xiaoxing Xi, PhD (CST); Qimin Yan, PhD (CST);

Moderator: Rob Kulathinal, PhD (CST)

3:15-3:45 p.m.

Sustainability Lightning Talks

  • Treasure from Trash: Upcycling Single-Use Plastics for Remediation of Polluted Waterways
    • Graham Dobereiner, PhD (CST); Bojeong Kim, PhD (CST); Yugang Sun, PhD (CST); Rominder Suri, PhD (COE); Stephanie Wunder, PhD (CST)
  • Catalyzing Convergence Research on Health and Well-Being Through a Bio3Science Sustainability Framework
    • Melissa Gilbert, PhD (CLA); Jocelyn Behm, PhD (CST); Victor Gutierrez-Velez, PhD (CLA); Allison Hayes-Conroy, PhD (CLA); Ralph Horwitz, MD, MACP (LKSOM); Rob Kulathinal, PhD (CST) 
  • Center for Smart Technologies for Environmental and Energy Sustainability
    • Rominder Suri, PhD (COE); Krishna Kant, PhD (CST)

Moderator: Laura Toran, PhD (CST)

3:45-4:00 p.m.

Coffee Break Poster Session

4:00 -5:00 p.m.

Afternoon Keynote Speakers

Mary Barbe, PhD (LKSOM); Johnathan Whetstine, PhD (FCCC); Kamel Khalili, PhD (LKSOM)

5:00-7:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks & Mixer

Poster Titles, Authors, and Affiliation
 
Poster TitleAuthorsAffiliation Dept/ College
The role of ancestry informative markers (AIMs) in panCancer across panAfricaAlbert Doughan
Rob Kulathinal, PhD
Biology, CST
Learning-Based Fast Charging of Lithium-ion Batteries for Maximized Performance and Life CycleRenato J. Rodriguez Nunez
Damoon Soudbakhsh
Ph.D. Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering/ College of Engineering
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering/ College of Engineering
Exploring the relations between stress, social support, psychological strengths, mental health, and stress-related growth using network analysisXu (Lilya) Jiang, PhDDepartment of Psychological Studies/College of Education and Human Development
Characterization of novel effectors in the progranulin/EphA2 axis in bladder cancerVrunda Satasiya, Antonio Giordano, and Andrea MorrioneSbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biotechnology, Department of Biology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University
Priority Effects and Strain-Level Differences on Light Organ Community Assembly of a Coral Reef FishEmma Román (1), Tadashi Fukami (2), Alison Gould (1,3)1) Temple University, 2) Stanford University, 3) California Academy of Sciences
RoboSNAP: Robot Social Navigation Among PedestriansPhilip Dames, PhD (COE); Donald Hantula, PhD (CLA); Slobodan Vucetic, PhD (CST) COE: Mechanical Engineering
Temple Center for Epistemic Security: Preserving a Democratic Society's Epistemic SecurityEdmund Dragut, PhD (CST); David Nickerson, PhD (CLA);Meghnaa Tallaragada, PhD (Klein); Slobodan Vucetic, PhD (CST)CST, CLA
Catalyzing Convergence Research on Health and well-being through a Bio3Science Sustainability FrameworkMelissa Gilbert, PhD (CLA); Jocelyn Behm, PhD (CST); Victor Gutierrez-Velez, PhD (CLA); Allison Hayes-Conroy, PhD (CLA); Ralph Horwitz, MD (LKSOM); Rob Kulathinal, PhD (CST) CST,Klein, CLA
Elucidating structural features of PTEN autoinhibition utilizing FRET and peptide probesParmila Kafley, Rongsheng E. WangCST (Chemistry)
Delineating Cell-Specific Translational Signatures of Early Life Stress in Reward-Related Neural NetworksMatthieu Wimmer, PhD (CLA); Debra Bangasser, PhD (CLA); Eric Ross, PhD (FCCC); Yan Zhou, PhD (FCCC) CLA, FCCC
Building an Intelligent Alzheimer's Disease Support System Based on Integrated Multimodal DataHuanmei Wu, PhD (CPH); Bari Dzomba, PhD (CPH); Hongchang Gao, PhD (CST); Domenico Pratico, MD (LKSOM); Mindy Shi, PhD (CST); Richard Souvenir, DSc (CST) CPH,CST, LKSOM
Carbon + ClayAndrew John Wit, Chad CurtisTyler School of Art & Architecture / Architecture, Ceramics
Regulation of p70S6 Kinase Activation Through PP2AA Degradation by Ubiquitin E3 Ligase RNF145: A Functional Role in Mitogen-Induced Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and GrowthVijaya Kumar Gangipangi1, Erin O. Curley2, Deepak A. Deshpande2, Pawan Sharma11Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140. 2Center for Translational Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Jane & Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Impact of Histone Acetylation on Genome ArchitectureRebecca G Smith1,2,3, Yu Fu4, Hannah M Wilson1,2,3, Ivy Tran1,2,3, Kathleen L Schiela1,2,3, Ryan Williams1,2,3, Job Dekker4,5#, and Yu Liu1,2,3#1 Cancer Epigenetics Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

2 Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

3 Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

4 Department of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605-0103, USA.

5 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy, MD, USA.
Gait Destabilization from Visual Perturbations Varies Between VR SystemsJ. Stephen Bergquist

Elizabeth B. Wilson

W. Geoffrey Wright

Daniel A. Jacobs
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences - College of Public Health

Bioengineering - College of Engineering
Epigenetic Balance Controls KMT2A/MLL Amplification and RearrangementMadison A. Honer 1,2,3,4,

Zach H. Gray 1,2,3,4,

Damayanti Chakraborty 5,

Benjamin I. Ferman 1,2,3,4,

Christopher Miranda 1,2,3,

Cihangir Duy 1,2,3,

Rebecca Smith 1,2,3,

Yu Liu 1,2,3,

Hayan Lee 1,2,3,

Umit Kaniskan 6,

Jian Jin 6,

Kashish Chetal 7,

Ruslan Sadreyev 7,8,

Johnathan R. Whetstine 1,2,3
1 Cancer Epigenetics Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

2 Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

3 Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

4 Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia PA 19140, USA

5 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Oxford University, UK

6 Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA

7 Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, 02114, USA

8 Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
PHASE MIS-SEPARATION IMPEDES CHROMATIN TARGETING AND BIOGENESIS OF RIBONUCLEOPROTEINSAlexander David Morris¹,², Genxuan Cameron Lian¹, Emily Pochet¹,³, Julia Hoopman¹,², Seonhee Kim⁴, Livio Pellizzoni⁵, Grazia Raffa⁶, Lu Chen¹,²,³
 
1 Nuclear Dynamic and Cancer Program; Cancer Epigenetic Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2 Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
3 Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics (MCBG) program, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
4 Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Dept of Neural Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
5 Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease; Dept of Pathology and Cell Biology; Dept of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
6 Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Early Detection of Postural Instability in Individuals with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Using a Novel Smartphone ApplicationShirin R.Hussain

W. Geoffrey Wright

Khurram H. Khan

David B. Sarwer
Collage of Public Health, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine
Leveraging Spatial Behavior and Longitudinal Activity Space Data for Advancing Mobile Health (mHealth) InterventionsJeremy Mennis, Temple University, J. Douglas Coatsworth, University of Tennessee, Michael Russell,

Pennsylvania State University, Nikola Zaharakis, University of Tennessee, Nathaniel R. Riggs, Colorado State University, Aaron Brown, University of Kentucky, Michael J. Mason, University of Tennessee
Geography, Environment and Urban Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Biomechanics of Aorta in FXR1 Smooth-Muscle Specific Knock out Mice Dictates Contractility and Blood Pressure

Mehrdad Swizi1

Tahmineh Aghabarari1

Kurosh Darvish1

 

Dominic Openko2

Amanda Peluzzo2

Sheri Kelemen2

Xinji Guo2

Michael Autieri2

Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, , Temple University.

 

2 Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine , Temple University.

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